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Newspaper of the University of Southern California
Tuesday January 27,1998 Vol. CXXXin, No. 12
Headlines
Tired of playing to an empty house
Before addressing Thursday’s matchup against Washington at his press luncheon, USC basketball Coach Henry Bibby spoke of his frustration over the lack of support from students.
Sports, page 16
Celebrating the Year of the Tiger
Today is the first day of the lunar calendar marking the celebration of Chinese New Year. Good outlooks predicted for the Year of the Tiger, the courageous animal of the Chinese zodiac.
Diversions, page 7
Careless today, lifeless tomorrow
Noting the lifestyle choices we make and their potentially harmful effects, Editorial Columnist Colin D. Smith wonders why some of us seem content expediting our own demise.
Viewpoint, page 4
Resume advice, paper workshop
The Career Center's r6sum£ workshop, R&umania, will be held today from 11 a.m to 2 p.m. in front of the Student Union.
• ••
Artist Peggy Hasegawa will be teaching a workshop on making paper through Western and traditional Japanese techniques at noon today at the Fisher Gallery.
• ••
The intramural team volleyball league begins play at 6 p.m. tonight in the Lyon Center. Three leagues are playing: coed, coed HICCup and coed graduate.
Eating Disorders Awareness Week continues today. For more information, call Health Promotion and Prevention Services at (213) 740-WELL.
• ••
Alternative Spring Break applications are due by Friday. Anyone interested in participating can pick up an application in Student Union, room 202, or call (213) 740-9116.
Black History Month to begin
Guest lectures, awareness events coordinated by campus groups
By Angela Sperber
Staff Writer
February's Black History Month is filled with a variety of events, including community service projects and lectures.
The Center for Black Cultural and Student Affairs, an event sponsor, is continuing the Thurgood Marshall Brown Bag Lecture Series, which focuses on African-American faculty members and their research.
There will be four faculty members speaking, one each week: Edwin Smith, Judith Jackson Fossett, Sheila Briggs and Temille Porter.
James Williams HI, administrative assistant of the Center for Black Cultural and Student Affairs, said the programs will target all students.
The center will also publish its annual bibliographic series. Previous year's themes have included an Ebonics bibliogra-
phy and a black women's bibliography. This year's theme is the African-American experience, and it is available online at no cost and at Doheny and Leavey libraries for a loW price.
"We create a lot of different programs black students can Benefit from," said Dennis Earls of the Community Outreach Council.
"We try to uplift students' morale at this school," he said.
Alpha Phi Alpha is sponsoring many events during "Alpha Month.” The largest is the 1998 Miss Black-and-Gold Scholarship Pageant.
Congressman Julian Dixon
(D-Los Angeles) will speak at this formal affair, in which proceeds will go toward tnree scholarships for undergraduate students at USC.
"We’re trying to foster more unity among each of the different organizations, whether they are African American or cross-cultural, " said Thomas Griffin, vice president of Alpha Phi Alpha.
The fraternity assembled a
wide variety of programs to accomplish that goal, including a blood and bone marrow drive to be held Feb. 18 and a Step Show, in which traditional
(See Month, page 3)
Maltin I Sweet music
teaches at USC
By Judy Lin
Staff Writer
historian
Movie critic and Leonard Maltin was recently hired to teach Theatrical Film Symposium (CNTV 466), a popular cinema class that screens pre-released films, followed by interviews with filmmakers and other guests.
"We're very delighted to have someone of Leonard's stature here," said Elizabeth Daley, dean of the School of Cinema Television. "It's important to students to leam how this visual culture works and understand
N*da Raouf / Daily Trojan
(See Maltin, page 2) Spectators await celebrities outside Shrine Auditorium at the American Music Awards Monday
Students find alternatives for break
By Christine Frey
Staff Writer
Students participating Spring Break will spend their vacations
vol-
in Alternative
HP spen'
walking the shores of Monterey Bay, exploring the wilderness of Death Valley National Park or experiencing the Navajo culture in Bluff, Utah.
However, these students will be d< more than just sightseeing; they will unteering to help the homeless, the envin ment or Navajo Indians.
Approximately 75 to 90 students will participate in this year's ASB, a program sponsored by the USC Volunteer Center and Philanthropy Fund which offers students the opportunity to provide environmental, educational, social and medical services to disadvantaged regions.
Erika Pratt, a senior majoring in business, participated in ASB her freshman year and said it was art enriching experience.
"It's a very valuable way to spend your vacation — finding out what goes on with other people in tne country," Pratt said.
The purpose of ASB is not only to provide needy areas with volunteer work but also to increase student awareness of the world, said Michelle Blanchette, the Volunteer Center coordinator.
"This trip is meant to push students who have an interest in certain social interests (to
get involved)," said Blanchette, who will be participating in the Death Valley trip for her third year.
For this reason, each outreach program focuses on a particular social issue that students are encouraged to explore.
The Monterey Bay trip, which was added to ASB this year, will focus on the relationship between religion and social services, said Rabbi Susan Laemmle, dean of Religious Life and co-founder of the trip.
USC students can participate in one of the
//---
% % It's a very valuable way to spend your vacation — finding out what goes on with other people
MICHELLE BLANCHETTE Volunteer Center coordinator
three outreach programs ASB offers: the opportunity to run a Monterey Bay homeless shelter, the environmental preservation of the Death Valley National Park or the maintenance of a Navajo reservation.
Students volunteering at Monterey Bay's Dorothy's Place, a day shelter that provides meals and short-term facilities for the homeless, will prepare lunches, provide entertainment for the guests and repair the facil-
ities, Laemmle said.
During the week, students will reflect on their experiences and discuss how homelessness relates to their spirituality, Laemmle said.
However, Laemmle said that it was not necessary for students to be religious to participate in the trip.
"We hope to get a range across the religious spectrum (and those) not religious at all," she said.
At the end of the week, students will travel back to Los Angles and spend their
- last night at a homeless encampment in order to relate the social issue to the USC community, Laemmle said.
"Obviously, there are plenty of places (in Los Angeles) where you can make your contribution to homelessness," she said.
Blanchette pid that after attending ASB, most students become involved with the social issues of their communities.
(Students come) back with a hew out-
Blanchette said
look and definitely (take) action," she said.
ia the Death Valley trip focuses on environmental issues and will continue the project begun during last ear's ASB — the buili' hiking t
upon the needs of the area,'perhaps indud-
building of an ecolcigical-trail. Other projects depend
y
ly safe upon tl
ing environmental clean-ups.
(See Break, page 3)

Newspaper of the University of Southern California
Tuesday January 27,1998 Vol. CXXXin, No. 12
Headlines
Tired of playing to an empty house
Before addressing Thursday’s matchup against Washington at his press luncheon, USC basketball Coach Henry Bibby spoke of his frustration over the lack of support from students.
Sports, page 16
Celebrating the Year of the Tiger
Today is the first day of the lunar calendar marking the celebration of Chinese New Year. Good outlooks predicted for the Year of the Tiger, the courageous animal of the Chinese zodiac.
Diversions, page 7
Careless today, lifeless tomorrow
Noting the lifestyle choices we make and their potentially harmful effects, Editorial Columnist Colin D. Smith wonders why some of us seem content expediting our own demise.
Viewpoint, page 4
Resume advice, paper workshop
The Career Center's r6sum£ workshop, R&umania, will be held today from 11 a.m to 2 p.m. in front of the Student Union.
• ••
Artist Peggy Hasegawa will be teaching a workshop on making paper through Western and traditional Japanese techniques at noon today at the Fisher Gallery.
• ••
The intramural team volleyball league begins play at 6 p.m. tonight in the Lyon Center. Three leagues are playing: coed, coed HICCup and coed graduate.
Eating Disorders Awareness Week continues today. For more information, call Health Promotion and Prevention Services at (213) 740-WELL.
• ••
Alternative Spring Break applications are due by Friday. Anyone interested in participating can pick up an application in Student Union, room 202, or call (213) 740-9116.
Black History Month to begin
Guest lectures, awareness events coordinated by campus groups
By Angela Sperber
Staff Writer
February's Black History Month is filled with a variety of events, including community service projects and lectures.
The Center for Black Cultural and Student Affairs, an event sponsor, is continuing the Thurgood Marshall Brown Bag Lecture Series, which focuses on African-American faculty members and their research.
There will be four faculty members speaking, one each week: Edwin Smith, Judith Jackson Fossett, Sheila Briggs and Temille Porter.
James Williams HI, administrative assistant of the Center for Black Cultural and Student Affairs, said the programs will target all students.
The center will also publish its annual bibliographic series. Previous year's themes have included an Ebonics bibliogra-
phy and a black women's bibliography. This year's theme is the African-American experience, and it is available online at no cost and at Doheny and Leavey libraries for a loW price.
"We create a lot of different programs black students can Benefit from," said Dennis Earls of the Community Outreach Council.
"We try to uplift students' morale at this school," he said.
Alpha Phi Alpha is sponsoring many events during "Alpha Month.” The largest is the 1998 Miss Black-and-Gold Scholarship Pageant.
Congressman Julian Dixon
(D-Los Angeles) will speak at this formal affair, in which proceeds will go toward tnree scholarships for undergraduate students at USC.
"We’re trying to foster more unity among each of the different organizations, whether they are African American or cross-cultural, " said Thomas Griffin, vice president of Alpha Phi Alpha.
The fraternity assembled a
wide variety of programs to accomplish that goal, including a blood and bone marrow drive to be held Feb. 18 and a Step Show, in which traditional
(See Month, page 3)
Maltin I Sweet music
teaches at USC
By Judy Lin
Staff Writer
historian
Movie critic and Leonard Maltin was recently hired to teach Theatrical Film Symposium (CNTV 466), a popular cinema class that screens pre-released films, followed by interviews with filmmakers and other guests.
"We're very delighted to have someone of Leonard's stature here," said Elizabeth Daley, dean of the School of Cinema Television. "It's important to students to leam how this visual culture works and understand
N*da Raouf / Daily Trojan
(See Maltin, page 2) Spectators await celebrities outside Shrine Auditorium at the American Music Awards Monday
Students find alternatives for break
By Christine Frey
Staff Writer
Students participating Spring Break will spend their vacations
vol-
in Alternative
HP spen'
walking the shores of Monterey Bay, exploring the wilderness of Death Valley National Park or experiencing the Navajo culture in Bluff, Utah.
However, these students will be d< more than just sightseeing; they will unteering to help the homeless, the envin ment or Navajo Indians.
Approximately 75 to 90 students will participate in this year's ASB, a program sponsored by the USC Volunteer Center and Philanthropy Fund which offers students the opportunity to provide environmental, educational, social and medical services to disadvantaged regions.
Erika Pratt, a senior majoring in business, participated in ASB her freshman year and said it was art enriching experience.
"It's a very valuable way to spend your vacation — finding out what goes on with other people in tne country," Pratt said.
The purpose of ASB is not only to provide needy areas with volunteer work but also to increase student awareness of the world, said Michelle Blanchette, the Volunteer Center coordinator.
"This trip is meant to push students who have an interest in certain social interests (to
get involved)," said Blanchette, who will be participating in the Death Valley trip for her third year.
For this reason, each outreach program focuses on a particular social issue that students are encouraged to explore.
The Monterey Bay trip, which was added to ASB this year, will focus on the relationship between religion and social services, said Rabbi Susan Laemmle, dean of Religious Life and co-founder of the trip.
USC students can participate in one of the
//---
% % It's a very valuable way to spend your vacation — finding out what goes on with other people
MICHELLE BLANCHETTE Volunteer Center coordinator
three outreach programs ASB offers: the opportunity to run a Monterey Bay homeless shelter, the environmental preservation of the Death Valley National Park or the maintenance of a Navajo reservation.
Students volunteering at Monterey Bay's Dorothy's Place, a day shelter that provides meals and short-term facilities for the homeless, will prepare lunches, provide entertainment for the guests and repair the facil-
ities, Laemmle said.
During the week, students will reflect on their experiences and discuss how homelessness relates to their spirituality, Laemmle said.
However, Laemmle said that it was not necessary for students to be religious to participate in the trip.
"We hope to get a range across the religious spectrum (and those) not religious at all," she said.
At the end of the week, students will travel back to Los Angles and spend their
- last night at a homeless encampment in order to relate the social issue to the USC community, Laemmle said.
"Obviously, there are plenty of places (in Los Angeles) where you can make your contribution to homelessness," she said.
Blanchette pid that after attending ASB, most students become involved with the social issues of their communities.
(Students come) back with a hew out-
Blanchette said
look and definitely (take) action," she said.
ia the Death Valley trip focuses on environmental issues and will continue the project begun during last ear's ASB — the buili' hiking t
upon the needs of the area,'perhaps indud-
building of an ecolcigical-trail. Other projects depend
y
ly safe upon tl
ing environmental clean-ups.
(See Break, page 3)